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Are wholly separate and others, There is no love lost between us” 53
The Unholy Union Union of self with physical things, Is perennial source of pains and ills, With all thy force of thought, word, deed, Give up thy greed for outer things. 54
The Divinity of Self To arise above the earthly woes, Should never lose the sight of soul, O! feel and feel the warm delight; In divine dignity of the soul. 55 I am not the death, nor disease, Neither young, adult, nor old, All these things belong to flesh, Nothing is there to fear and mourn. 56 I am, I was; shall ever be, This is the basic truth of life, In all the quests of the charmful bliss, I am the architect of plights. 57 “Powerful with my aspirations, Resourceful with imaginations, Blissful with glorious hopes, I tread my way through thick and thin.” 58
Futility of Worldly Quest “Enchanted by the charms of dust, Again and again I turned to it,
Filled, refilled in all its forms, Put all its poses and its tints." 59 “Moved up and down in varied ways, In various climes, in various places, Lived in heaven, hellish zones, But none gave the cherished goal.” 60 “Ages have past and eras rolled, Still no rest from outer quests, Now let me turn to inner self, For tried old things, no use of quest. 61
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